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Public policymakers are always faced with the challenge of designing and evaluating social programs that take into consideration the budgetary implications, political realities, and ethical dilemmas of a wide spectrum of stakeholders. It is from this perspective of multiple competing priorities that public policy makers consider caregiving and what is known and what is needed.
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Super, N. (2014). Public Policy and Caregiving. In: Talley, R., Travis, S. (eds) Multidisciplinary Coordinated Caregiving. Caregiving: Research • Practice • Policy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8973-3_12
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